Smith, Knauth, Engstrom Also Ran BAA Marathon

Kee Yong Ham of Korea won the annual BAA marathon yesterday in 2:32:39; John Lafferty was the first American, at 2:39:52; and David L. Smith '51 was the first Harvard finisher, somewhere around 4:20. Smith was 71st.

William R. Engstrom '52 also competed for the College on a family bet, but dropped out before the finish. Christopher R. Knauth '51 was too late to register, go he assumed the name and number of Lawrence R. Zeitlin '51, who was scratched at the post, and came in 84th at 5:30 p.m.

Smith admitted last night that the route was quite a grind--26 miles, 385 yards worth--and complained that the Wellesley girls didn't hand him the usual refreshments as he passed their college; "they just yelled." He insisted that Engstrom had passed him at Wellesley and had not been heard from since, and added, "As far as I know, Knauth is still running."

Lace Slows Pace

When reached at his home later, Engstrom retorted that when he went by Smith the latter was sitting down "pretending he was tying his shoelaces." Engstrom explained that his family had challenged him to finish before 5 p.m. "They followed me in a car," he said, "and when I reached Lake Street, five miles from the finish, before three o'clock, they decided I had suffered enough to win."

Baby Talk

Engstrom admitted being unnerved by a little girl who jogged along beside him for a chat in Newton. "Gee," she said, "you don't seem like a Harvard man." When asked why not, she replied, "Because they don't talk to common people."

"But it wasn't her or the Newton hills," Engstrom groaned, "it was the poker game last night."

Knauth claimed that the reasons for his 84th position were 1) the "psychological blow" of running a half-mile off course at one point, and 2) the people along the way who looked at his number and yelled, "Go, Larry! Give 'em hell!"